Religion, Food, and Music.
ReligionThere is no specific religion in China. It is a multi-religious country. Most commonly developed religions in China include Taoism and Buddhism. Taoism is as old as 1,800 years old and influences the local culture as well as the medicine and literature. Buddhism brought a different influenced culture into China. It influenced the Chinese literature, art, and ideology. In Ancient China, the religious beliefs remained relatively the same as present China. Confucianism was a common, mystical religion in Ancient China that is not as popular in present China. Confucianism is the soul of the Chinese culture; It supports the country and makes the culture more tolerant.
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FoodIn the Chinese food culture, respect at the table always comes first. It is an admirable custom to respect ones that feed you or eat along with you. Chopsticks are used in China and have influenced other countries to use them as well. Chopsticks reflect the wisdom of the ancient Chinese people. New Recipes in individual Dynasty's were formed until the Quing Dynasty reached its art of food peak in the past. The philosophy that the Chinese follow, which is Yin (cool) and Yang (hot), encourages the people to live balanced lives and strive to eat balanced color and texture foods. Rice is the staple food of China. China's national beverage is Tea. The most commonly drank tea is green, oolong and black tea. Overall, China's population is very large and has been difficult in the past and present to feed the billions of people in the country. China has a unique, diverse food community with lots of teachings attached to each and every individual food.
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MusicThe development of chinese music started all the way back to 7,000 to 8,000 years ago. Scientist have discovered them from bone fossils carved into flutes and other musical instruments. They include stringed, plucked, percussion, and wind instruments. There is folk and ethnic music and traditional music. Confucius set the tone for music and taught the purpose of music is laid out and the qualities of great music are the ones that are defined. Music in Ancient China was provided for optimizing the social unity and enjoyment. The is Chinese opera music, orchestra music, and solo instrumental performances. These can all fall under the category of traditional Chinese music.
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Language and Clothing.
China's official language is standard Mandarin. This official language is bases on the Beijing dialect. In China, English is a required course for the universal education. This country has different varieties of dialects between different areas. Since 3,000 years ago, the Chinese character has been originated. It is also called a hieroglyphic. There are 80,000 words in Chinese and are originated from the past . There are overall many varieties of Chinese, such as Mandarin, Wu, Min, Xiang, Gan, and Cantonese. They all belong to the family of the Sino- Tiberian family of Chinese languages.
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In Ancient China, the poor and the rich wore different clothing and material depending on there social status. The wealthy wore silk, and the poor wore handmade clothes made out of hemp or ramie. Most people in early China wore their hair grown out and long . The women wore long tunics and the men wear knee length tunics. Some of the fashion revolves around political position or social status. The popular known clothing includes, traditional Han Chinese, Manchu and Chinese suits. China clothing very much revolves around its origin from ancient to present China.
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